Mellon/Newton Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Applications are invited for two 2-year interdisciplinary Post-doctoral Research Fellowships starting in October 2012 and based at CRASSH. The programme, funded jointly by the Mellon Foundation and the Isaac Newton Trust, is aimed at researchers working in any field of the arts, social sciences or humanities. The fellowships will enable post-doctoral fellows to consolidate their research and publication record while developing a related project or initiative at CRASSH during their two-year fellowship.

For further details of the post, please see the CRASSH website, http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/page/1084/call-for-applications-2012.htm

* Limit of tenure: Appointment is fixed term for two years and is non-renewable.

Closing Date: 2 March 2012 with Interview Date(s): Week of 24 April 2012

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The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body.

The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body.

Artists are invited to propose innovative arts projects that utilise next generation high-capacity broadband enabled by the National Broadband Network. The Broadband Arts Initiative will support artistic teams with up to $100,000 to develop and present their project enabled by the NBN.

Artists are invited to propose innovative arts projects that utilise next generation high-capacity broadband enabled by the National Broadband Network. The Broadband Arts Initiative will support artistic teams with up to $100,000 to develop and present their project enabled by the NBN.

The Australia Council for the Arts and Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS), are delighted to announce the projects supported in the pilot year of the Korea-Australia Connection Initiative: Strange Fruit and Noreum Machi’s In the Shadow of the Dragon and Not Yet It’s Difficult and Wuturi’s AMPERS&ND.

 The purchases of art by Ahmed Mater and Abdulnasser Gharem was sponsored by Edge of Arabia, an initiative they also helped found.

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CULTURE VICTORIA: The Victorian Government has unveiled an online initiative that will display the stories from Victoria’s Goldfields region online.

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The Australia Council today announced a new initiative in partnership with Arts South Australia and Arts Queensland and local governments to develop two pilot Cultural Places initiatives which aim to strengthen regional Australian communities through arts and cultural projects.

fortyfivedownstairs, one of Melbourne’s leading independent arts venues, comprises a theatre and two galleries. The Resident Assistant Curator will be working alongside gallery and theatre staff, assisting with the running of a full arts programme in the multiple spaces. The resident will also be highly involved with the delivery of a significant Indigenous visual arts initiative within the gallery.

This full time residency runs for 9 months starting from August 2011. The role is both hands-on and administrative and involves flexible hours.

This is an Identified Indigenous Position, meaning that it is specifically for someone of Aboriginal heritage.

Please email info@fortyfivedownstairs.com for a full job description. Applicants should send a brief resume (2pp), with a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria outlined in the job description.

Feel free to forward this to anyone to whom this position may be of interest – this is a rare and exciting opportunity for the right person!

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